MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-122.64 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -122.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 108 1 950 558 2 900 1036 SFC 898 1052 26.9 13.3 43 13.6 17.8 307 8 309.4 311.4 294.8 342.1 10.73 4 850 1534 20.5 12.0 58 8.6 14.9 309 8 307.6 309.6 294.1 339.1 10.39 5 800 2054 15.9 10.3 70 5.5 12.3 299 6 308.0 309.9 293.9 338.1 9.89 6 750 2599 11.7 6.8 72 4.9 8.8 244 9 309.3 310.9 293.0 334.6 8.28 7 700 3172 7.1 2.0 70 5.0 4.3 237 14 310.3 311.5 291.7 329.9 6.34 8 650 3776 2.4 -8.2 45 10.6 -2.2 240 18 311.7 312.3 289.3 321.8 3.16 9 600 4418 -0.8 -29.9 9 29.1 -8.4 241 14 315.2 315.3 287.8 317.0 0.53 10 550 5105 -5.8 -29.3 14 23.5 -11.6 245 13 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.4 0.62 11 500 5844 -11.1 -34.2 13 23.1 -15.9 257 14 319.5 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.42 12 450 6642 -17.1 -39.9 12 22.8 -20.7 263 17 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.27 13 400 7514 -22.8 -48.1 8 25.3 -25.6 272 20 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.12 14 350 8478 -30.6 -47.2 18 16.6 -32.1 262 20 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.16 15 300 9551 -39.4 -52.8 23 13.4 -40.1 247 20 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.10 16 250 10777 -47.1 -61.9 17 14.9 -47.5 235 20 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 17 200 12235 -50.5 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.0 214 20 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 14100 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 196 16 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16663 -60.6 -86.0 2 25.3 -60.9 166 12 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.36 m Freezing level: 612.73 mb = 4254.25 m = 13957.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.97 mb = 3565.61 m = 11698.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.12 mb = 2753.78 m = 9034.61 ft T: 10.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 25.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2871.26 m = 9420.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.11 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1141.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.54 mb = 2681.72 m = 8798.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.54 mb = 3082.63 m = 10113.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.54 mb = 11111.20 m = 36453.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1132.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.54 mb = 13782.47 m = 45217.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 21.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 78.92 Bulk Shear: 14.47 m/s